Author: Ridavn Emini

(The Anatomy of Denial on the 27th Anniversary of the Massacre) Ridvan Emini – Researcher at Institute for Hybrid Warfare Studies “OCTOPUS” The denial of the Racak Massacre by Serbia is not merely a battle with “truth” over guilt or innocence; rather, it is part of a broader strategy tied to its hegemonist project of the “Serbian World.” This involves an intensive political, media, and cultural engagement—including the role of the Orthodox Church—aimed at generating confusion in order to evade responsibility, as the only way to “legitimize” the continuation of its hegemonist policy toward Kosovo and other countries in the…

The concentration of Aleksandar Vucic’s power over the army and the security apparatus is bringing back to the Balkans the dangerous logic of the 1990s, creating direct tensions for Kosovo and challenging NATO’s stabilizing role in the region. The politicization of the military, its authoritarian centralization, and nationalist rhetoric form a model similar to that of Milosevic, but wrapped in modern diplomacy. By expanding military cooperation with China and deepening geopolitical alignment with Russia, Serbia is becoming an increasingly serious threat to the countries of the region, while against Kosovo it continues hegemonistic propaganda and destabilizing mechanisms through political structures…